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lHENRY K. FLINCHBAUGI'I, OF .GONES'IOGA CENTRE, PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 75,144, dated 'March 3, 1.8.68.

IMPROVEMENT IN FENCE-POSTS.

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TO ALL WHOM -I'l MAY CONOERN:

Be it known that I, HENRY K. FLINCHBAUGH, of Conestoga Centre, in the county of Lancaster, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a newand improved Mode of Constructing Metallic Iosts for Fencing Purposes;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, 'making a. part ot' this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my post,

Figure 2 the construction of the spread buse,

Figure 3, an intermediate rail-support, as shown.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing a post for a. rail fence out of strnp-iron, one'inch wide and one-fourth of an inch thick, bent round above in c. continuous piece, to form two sides and a spreading base, with intervening rests for the rails. Y l

The drawings will enable any on'e skilled in the art to make'and use my invention. i

I have previously e supply` of hollow cylinders, E, cast, and a supply of strap-iron cut t' the desired length,

. and a guide-measure for drilling the holes for the cross or rail-supports e or cylinders E. The strap is first bent -to form a foot, a, vthe side carried up yand rounded at top, and'bent paralleltoform the other side A and foot a. 'The cylinders'EAare introduced, and round iron or headed boltsv e'pnssd through the sides and cylinder, and secured by riveting or otherwise. To stitfenxtlie spread base, I aiix triangular caps B and vcross-braces GD 'inthe manner shown. This forms the post.A l 9 I am awarethat the simpledrawing may seem the same as when posts are' madeof two rails, with inter- `vening blocks and a braced or` spread base such I do not' claim. Tho novelty ot my `post .consists Ain the man.

ner of its construction and combination of the material specified.-

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isv The manner of constructingthe sides A of a post for a rail fence from strap-iron, in combination with the cap B onfthe spread base with its feet a and braces C D-arranged substantially in. the manner shown and specified. y

' H. K.,'FLINCHBAUGH.

Witnesses:

WM. B. WILEY, .Licor STAUFFER.- 

